That's the answer I really wanted to hear from the board, and I wish it had been included in the announcement. I'll still be worried about the ability to require media categories, but that's another issue entirely, and one that we'll hopefully get to eventually. But the fact that this was decided by the board and that y'all own up to making that decision was the point of contention for me. I agree that this is in your purview and I feel that it might have been better to just say that rather than mask it as a shared decision where the only stakeholders heard were those complaining loud enough one way or another. You eight (we're at eight now, right?) decided, and you were indeed elected (or appointed) and to me that's OK. We can't have every decision made by committee or by stakeholder referendum. Just please say that and acknowledge and own it. I really appreciate your candor!
FWIW, I disagree ideologically with the decision, and am just realizing why as i'm trying to wade my way through this discussion and the fact that anything I might repost to AO3 would miss the vital conversations in comments that for me are the center of why any of my posts might be important. But that's my personal preference, and I totally understand and respect why others feel strongly about maximum inclusion.
Anyway, ideological disagreements are for a conversation better held in journal space. Thank you for commenting and explaining the rationale for how and why this decision was reached and publicized now.
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Podcath Mon 18 Feb 2013 12:07PM UTC
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